We want your #bestinstagramshot
Last month we asked you all to send us your best Instagram shots, and it proved so popular we’re going to turn it into a regular feature on the blog…
Magic carpets: CR December issue
Creative Review’s December issue includes a special feature on designer rugs. Plus: LiveSurface, popular lies about graphic design, advertising’s neglect of its history, and an interview with maverick director Tony Kaye like no other
These could be your brothers or sisters
A large drawing of children playing by German artist Wayne Horse forms the basis of a new music video for William Kouam Djoko track, We Are Your Brothers and Sisters – but the relatively simple set up contains a chilling reveal
EnsamaidART’s delicious designs
To raise funds for a local charity, Majorca-based designers Astrid Stavro and Pablo Martín invited designers from around the world to create stickers to adorn a special edition series of boxes containing the island’s national cake, the ensaïmada
Prison Landscapes
New book, Prison Landscapes, features images of a largely unseen part of prison life – the idealised backdrops used for taking photographs of inmates during visiting hours
Nice ads in November
Summer haters being kept in the cold, an illustrated ditty on the perils of ill-advised transgressions on railway lines and a turbo-charged chain-reaction video feature in our latest round-up of entertaining, and endearing, ads from around the world.
Art in plane language
Ed Ruscha, Richard Prince, Lawrence Weiner and Martin Creed are among the artists who have created text pieces for a series of plane banners to be flown at the launch of Art Basel Miami Beach 2012
EAT unveils a brand refresh
Today Eat unveils a brand refresh courtesy of London-based design agency The Plant. The refresh incorporates a playful use of type, shots of various menu options, and some beautiful food paintings by illustrator Joël Penkman…
Latin America loves dads in pants
Among the great hazards of hot weather – middle-aged men wandering about the house in their pants. An air conditioner campaign featuring just that is one of the the big winners at one of Latin America’s top ad awards festivals
Watergate Bay Hotel’s new look
Pearlfisher has created the new brand identity for the Watergate Bay Hotel in Cornwall, from the name through to signage, menus, stationery and all communication materials…
Putting Metz on the Map
The 2010 launch of the Centre Pompidou-Metz modern art museum brought almost half a million new visitors a year to the northern French town. This month, the second stage of an innovative trilingual wayfaring system to guide those visitors around the city was launched
It’s Designival!
Liverpool’s Designival conference is this Friday – speakers include Lance Wyman, Simon Manchipp, James Jarvis and Sara De Bondt, plus there are open studios, workshops and architecture tours
Creativity Sucks! podcast looks at diversity in the ad and design industries
Diversity, equality and inclusion have been hot topics in the creative industries in the past few years, but are we really making any progress? We discuss in the latest episode of CR’s podcast
How comic books are becoming more accessible
Sound, tactile materials and new technologies are all being used to help bring the visual storytelling of comics to life for blind and partially sighted people
A new campaign spells out the reality of the sewage crisis
AMV BBDO’s campaign for COPI shines a light on sewage spills in UK waterways with the help of a faecal-inspired font
Adam Morse on his journey to directing
Since losing his sight at the age of 19, the filmmaker has gone on to write and direct his first feature film, shoot a Super Bowl ad for Google, and set up a non-profit to help the next generation of disabled creative talent
How accessible wayfinding is going beyond the visual
Speaking to experts in architecture and design, CR looks into how accessible wayfinding has improved by subtly tapping into other senses, and what it needs to do to be truly inclusive
RSPCA reveals first major branding update in 50 years
The UK’s largest animal welfare charity has launched a vibrant, flexible identity by JKR, along with an upbeat campaign created by AMV BBDO that asks for a little respect
How can brands play with controversy in risk-averse times?
In a consumer landscape that favours virtue, with audiences that will call out bad behaviour at the drop of a hat, courting controversy is a risky move. But brands can still use it to their advantage
Matty Matheson’s new branding embraces the basics
The chef, TV personality and The Bear actor has launched a line of pantry staples that lovingly references classic food packaging design
Good Reads: Erotic Review relaunches with a suggestive new look
Studio Frith is behind the creative direction and design of the reincarnated magazine, which is exploring desire in its many forms and complexities today
How Hay built a cult home brand
Mette and Rolf Hay have spent the last two decades elevating everyday objects. Here, the husband-and-wife founders discuss how Hay continually pushes boundaries while sticking to its democratic design values
The Monthly Interview: Glenn Kitson
In the first of a new interview series, Anna Higgs talks to Glenn Kitson about combining a career as an ad director with being a ‘meme lord’, and his strategies to stay centred and fresh in a world which can often just want more of the same
What happened to NFTs?
Non-fungible tokens experienced a gold rush a couple of years ago, before mainstream interest waned and the market went into decline. Artist Robert Alice, who has edited an extensive new book on NFTs, talks to us about one of the most elusive, and divisive, web3 developments